India's Tanvi Patri clinched the under-15 girls singles title at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 junior championships after she defeated Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen of Vietnam in straight games in the final in Chengdu, China on Sunday. (More Sports News)
The 13-year-old Patri, seeded No. 1, wrapped up the proceedings in just 34 minutes as🙈 she cruised to a 22-20 21-11 𒆙victory over her second-seeded opponent in the summit clash.
With the feat, Parti joins the likes of Samiya Imad Farooqui and Tasnim Mir who had won the U-15 girls singles crown in 2017 an🅘d 2019 respectively.
Such was Patri's domination throughout the tournament that she didn't drop a🔯 s𒁏ingle game across the five matches that she played.
In the final, Patri was trailing 11-17 but kꦓept her calm as Nguyen 🥀made a series of unforced errors. The Indian grabbed the opportunity with both hands to claim the first game.
Patri continued the winning momentum, dominating the second game from the start to evenꦅtually s꧟eal the match and clinch the gold medal.
India thus returns with🃏 a haul of ൩two medals, including a gold and a bronze.
Gnana Dattu TT had won the bronze medal in the 💟U-17 boys singles event on Saturday.
